Florida US History End-of-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications

U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment
SS.912.A.4.5
Benchmark
Clarifications
Content Limit
Stimulus Attribute
Content Focus
Students will explain the role of technology and/or the concept of
total war in World War I.
Students will identify significant individuals and their role in military
and/or political leadership during World War I.
Students will explain the dichotomy between the Fourteen Points and
the Treaty of Versailles, which resulted in the failure of United States
support for the League of Nations.
Students will analyze the short and/or long-term social, political,
and/or economic consequences of World War I for the United States
and America’s role in international relations in the post-war period.
Items will not address issues related to World War I from a
perspective other than that of the United States.
Items addressing American involvement in World War I will use
historical documents and other relevant stimuli (e.g., maps, timelines,
charts, graphs, tables).
These terms are given in addition to those found in the standards,
benchmarks, and benchmark clarifications. Additional items may
include, but are not limited to, the following: African Americans in
World War I, armistice, Big Four, entangling alliances, Espionage
Act, Fourteen Points, Hispanics in World War I, home front,
imperialism, League of Nations, Lusitania, militarism, new
technology in World War I, propaganda, reparations, Selective
Service Act, Sussex Pledge, trench warfare, unrestricted submarine
warfare, Treaty of Versailles, war bonds, women in World War I,
Zimmermann Telegram.
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